Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

How does the Government propose to deal with this morning's groundbreaking international decision issued against Ireland by the UN Human Rights Committee where Ireland, as a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, was found guilty of violating the human rights of a woman who was denied a termination in the case of a fatal foetal abnormality? Not only is the Government, in the statement, obliged to provide her with an effective remedy, including compensation, but it is obliged to prevent similar violations in the future. Will the Minister confirm that the Government will be awarding compensation to the woman in question, and what steps will it take immediately to ensure human rights are not being violated by addressing the legislative shortcomings including, as suggested by the UNHRC, the amendment of our Constitution in regard to the eighth amendment?

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